Boutique sales agency FiGa Films has pounced on the worldwide sales rights to Guatemalan drama “Nosotros” (meaning “Us”) ahead of its world premiere at the 51st Toronto Intl. Film Festival (TIFF).
Playing at TIFF’s Discovery sidebar, “Nosotros” is written and directed by Joaquín Ruano, who said: “As this is my debut feature, it was essential to partner with a sales team that can guide the film through industry terrains I haven’t traveled before.”
“I see the FiGa team as close collaborators across every stage of this process and I deeply value their proven track record championing Central American filmmakers I admire,” he added.
Set amid a highly conservative Guatemalan society and its deep social inequalities, “Nosotros” follows a quiet, forbidden connection that emerges in an unlikely place, challenging the forces of prejudice, power and violence that surround it. Featuring Lola Vásquez, Jozef Coxaj and Mayra Salvador, the drama presents an intimate portrait of longing and survival.
Romero (Coxaj) leaves his wife and son behind in the Guatemalan highlands to work as a private security guard in the capital, hoping for a different future. Immersed in an unforgiving culture of surveillance and machismo, his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Nubia (Vásquez), a trans woman who owns a small shop in the mall he patrols.
